By Nixon                                        S.J.R. No. 11

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                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the eligibility of

 1-2     a person who is delinquent in the payment of taxes to be a

 1-3     candidate for or to hold elective office.

 1-4           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by

 1-6     adding Section 5a to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 5a.  The legislature by general law may provide that a

 1-8     person is not eligible to be a candidate for or hold an elective

 1-9     office of the state or a political subdivision of the state if the

1-10     person is delinquent in the payment of taxes.

1-11           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

1-12     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

1-13     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

1-14     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the

1-15     legislature to prohibit a person who is delinquent in the payment

1-16     of taxes from being a candidate for or holding an elective office."